Search Results - "Rajan, Sowmya"

Improving global maternal and newborn survival via innovation: Stakeholder perspectives on the Saving Lives at Birth Grand Challenge by Finnegan, Amy, Biru, Blen, Taylor, Andrea, Rajan, Sowmya, Udayakumar, Krishna, Baumgartner, Joy Noel

“…The Saving Lives at Birth (SL@B) funding partners joined in 2011 to source, support, and scale maternal and newborn health (MNH) innovations to improve…”
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Sex composition and its impact on future childbearing: a longitudinal study from urban Uttar Pradesh by Rajan, Sowmya, Nanda, Priya, Calhoun, Lisa M, Speizer, Ilene S

“…The sex composition of existing children has been shown to influence childbearing decision-making and behaviors of women and couples. One aspect of this…”
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Hypoglycemic effect of triphala on selected non insulin dependent Diabetes mellitus subjects by Rajan, Sowmya S, Antony, Seema

“…Modern life style is characterized by high stress, increased automation, junk food consumption and sedentary life style which have lead to the incidence of…”
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Preventing and Controlling Global Antimicrobial Resistance — Implementing a Whole-System Approach by Goldmann, Don, Rajan, Sowmya, Udayakumar, Krishna

“…Despite efforts to address antimicrobial resistance, many challenges remain, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Several steps could be taken to…”
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Selective Versus Generalized Gender Bias in Childhood Health and Nutrition: Evidence from India by Rajan, Sowmya, Morgan, S. Philip

“…We use data from India's National Family Health Survey (conducted in 1992–93, 1998–99, and 2005–06) to study gender discrimination across India among children…”
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The Determinants of Low Fertility in India by Dharmalingam, Arunachalam, Rajan, Sowmya, Morgan, S. Philip

“…Using a conceptual framework focusing on factors that enhance or reduce fertility relative to desired family size (see Bongaarts 2001), we study fertility…”
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Counseling During Maternal and Infant Health Visits and Postpartum Contraceptive Use in Uttar Pradesh, India by Rajan, Sowmya, Speizer, Ilene S., Calhoun, Lisa M., Nanda, Priya

“…CONTEXT: Women have a high unmet need for contraception in the year following a birth. It is important to examine whether providing family planning counseling…”
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Integrating Data to Evaluate a Global Health Grand Challenge by Biru, Blen, Taylor, Andrea, Rajan, Sowmya, Crissman, Kate, Ogbuoji, Osondu, Fernholz, Fernando, Dixit, Siddharth, Shahid, Minahil, Doshi, Pratik, Udayakumar, Krishna, Finnegan, Amy, Baumgartner, Joy Noel

“…This article describes the integrated, mixed methods (MM) design used to evaluate the Saving Lives at Birth (SL@B) program. SL@B is a multi-stakeholder,…”
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Trajectories of Unintended Fertility by Rajan, Sowmya, Morgan, S. Philip, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Guilkey, David, Hayford, Sarah R., Guzzo, Karen Benjamin

“…Having an unintended birth is strongly associated with the likelihood of having later unintended births. We use detailed longitudinal data from the Add Health…”
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Essays on Fertility and Fertility Preferences in India by Rajan, Sowmya

“…In this dissertation, I examine at the aggregate and individual levels, why contemporary fertility preferences diverge from actual fertility. I use three waves…”
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